A History of Political Parties in the United States: Being an Account of the Political Parties Since the Foundation of the GovernmentG. P. Putnam's sons, 1900 - 477 pages |
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... continued in use in some States , notably in Penn- sylvania , until about 1840 . The second Congress had in the Senate seventeen Federalists , thirteen Democrat - Republicans . The House had fifty - five Federalists , fourteen Democrat ...
... continued in use in some States , notably in Penn- sylvania , until about 1840 . The second Congress had in the Senate seventeen Federalists , thirteen Democrat - Republicans . The House had fifty - five Federalists , fourteen Democrat ...
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... continued with them to Pittsburg . The bubble of revolution burst . But Hamilton remained to superintend the prosecution of the malcontents . The bitterness felt against him solidified the opposition to his party in all that section ...
... continued with them to Pittsburg . The bubble of revolution burst . But Hamilton remained to superintend the prosecution of the malcontents . The bitterness felt against him solidified the opposition to his party in all that section ...
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... continued to incite the Indians to com- mit depredations and murder . Our seamen were im- pressed ; and British vessels seized our ships laden with grain en route to France . Hence the old - time hostility to England was kept at fever ...
... continued to incite the Indians to com- mit depredations and murder . Our seamen were im- pressed ; and British vessels seized our ships laden with grain en route to France . Hence the old - time hostility to England was kept at fever ...
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... continued during Washington's second term , and greatly influenced the cementing of parties ; and it has ever since been a cardinal doctrine separating the political parties . Jefferson and Hamilton , both members of Washing- ton's ...
... continued during Washington's second term , and greatly influenced the cementing of parties ; and it has ever since been a cardinal doctrine separating the political parties . Jefferson and Hamilton , both members of Washing- ton's ...
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... continued to rankle in the breast of France . Our merchant ships were seized and confiscated . Our minister , Pinckney , was ordered to leave the country ; three new envoys were sent , who were snubbed and sent home . These indignities ...
... continued to rankle in the breast of France . Our merchant ships were seized and confiscated . Our minister , Pinckney , was ordered to leave the country ; three new envoys were sent , who were snubbed and sent home . These indignities ...
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Page 455 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 442 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 104 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Page 306 - ... justice. humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 457 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Page 302 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 39 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 295 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 423 - The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the possessors of these, in turn, despise the Republic and endanger liberty.
Page 300 - That the government of a Territory, organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and, during its existence, all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.